Legal Advisor (UAE National)

Confidential; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 300,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential in Abu Dhabi, UAE seeks a senior legal advisor to provide expert guidance on corporate governance, regulatory compliance, and contractual obligations across the organization. The role involves managing disputes, liaising with government bodies, and drafting essential legal documents such as MOUs and NDAs.

The successful candidate will support leadership with governance strategy, risk mitigation, and compliance initiatives, ensuring accuracy and risk-free operations.

Qualifications

• Provides expert legal guidance on governance, regulatory and statutory compliance.
• Interprets contracts and obligations, reviews agreements, mitigates risks.
• Represents the institution with ministries and government bodies when needed.

Responsibilities

• Lead legal compliance programs and government directive adherence.
• Offer senior-level legal counsel to executives on complex matters.
• Develop and draft MOUs, NDAs, and other key legal documents.
• Engage with authorities to align operations with laws and regulations.
• Prepare management reports and action plans for the Vice Chancellor.

Skills

Legal advisory

Corporate governance

Regulatory compliance

Contract review

Risk management

Job description

Render expert legal advisory to leadership and across organization on corporate governance, regulatory, and statutory compliances on laws, rules, regulations, and legislations. Establish benchmarked strategies, practices, initiatives, and interventions on legal policies, procedures, and processes.

Provide legal counsel and guidance on institutional governance matters, contract reviews, interpretation and application of contractual obligations, audit, business, operation, and risk resolutions, manage disputes, arbitration, and litigations.

Represent with relevant Ministries, government bodies, legal entities, manage lawsuits, cases, public prosecution, court submissions, and appeals. Ensure official communications are scrutinized for legal conformity, accuracy and protect from risks, claims, civil and commercial litigations, and legal implications. Develop and formulate MOU, Confidentiality Agreements, Non- Disclosure Agreements

Preparing management reports, legal interventions, and action plans with the relevant departments, providing advice and guidance to Vice Chancellor on varied matters.

Specific Accountabilities:

• Establish and lead legal compliance procedures, facilitate frameworks & guidelines; compliance strategies and government directive adherence in accordance and in conformity with its established business principals and standards.
• Provide expert legal advice and guidance to senior executives and departments on complex legal matters, ensuring compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and industry standards.
• Formulate appropriate legal solutions and strategies, represent in disputes, mediation, and resolution proceedings to mitigate mandate, court verdicts, implementation, and associated risks.
• Represent leadership with clients, partners, stakeholders’ meetings on legal and commercial matters; ensure laws/regulation compliances and safeguarding of business interests.
• Develop drafts/legal documents, review and endorse legal strategies, appeals, and approaches for leadership approvals.
• Liaise with relevant authorities, Ministries, Government entities to integrate the College’s operations; ensuring that risks or non-compliances are dealt with in an appropriate manner and that the Senior Management Team is apprised of issues and the actions being taken to address these issues/risks.
• Provide advice and guidance to the Vice Chancellor and the Senior Executive Management Team on the College’s legal spectrums, governance and authority matrix compliances, exposures, relevant risk mitigations on business and operational activities, policies, procedures for the Division and the College as a whole.
• Provide relevant data promptly to government officials/bodies and authorized personnel to ensure maximum compliance with various policies, procedures, rules, and regulations.
• Formulates and drafts MOU, Confidentiality Agreements, Non- Disclosure Agreements etc
• Conduct legal research and analysis, stay updated on emerging legal trends, regulations, and best practices in the industry, and provide recommendations for proactive measures to mitigate legal risks.